Letter from James Sloan Gibbons, New York, to Maria Weston Chapman, 1843 May 31

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Title:
Letter from James Sloan Gibbons, New York, to Maria Weston Chapman, 1843 May 31
Description:
James S. Gibbons writes to Maria Weston Chapman acknowledging her letter that he received. His official reply has to be postponed until after a meeting of the New York committee. The writer replies that he never supposed his efforts to have been depreciated. He writes, "who does less than duty is a knave-& no one can do more. That we have done less, I know, & therefore we are knaves-not exactly so-that is, not in the Lewis Tappan sense.." He is "selfishly glad" to be relieved of burdens "which can be better borne by you," but his judgment is unchanged in regard to the locality of the central committee.
Author:
Gibbons, J. S. (James Sloan), 1810-1892
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
May 31, 1843
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Women abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--Societies, etc--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Meetings--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Societies
Meetings
American Anti-Slavery Society
Gibbons, J. S. (James Sloan), 1810-1892
Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25 cm.
Permalink:
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Place of origin:
New York
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
6034507
Call #:
MS A.9.2, v.18, p.51
Barcode:
39999085845491